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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-16
lancastrsans In the rsr Wsss.

Oshkosh, WIS.,, Corr. of Reading Times.
During my extended business trips In
the Northwest in the interest Of our pros
porous firm Of woolen goods manufacturer,
]. @. Leinbach & Co, 1t has been my good
fortune to meet many agreeable friends and
acquaintances - well - relatives ]
We somewhat disappointed, however, upon
my semi.annual visit to Wisconsin to learn
that Major Henry H. McLenesan, formerly
Of Lancaster, Pa, but for many ysars real.
dent of near Beloit Wis.,, had len for San
Francisco Cal, with his youngest son TO b
present at the wedding Of his son 70 Califor-
mia lasA The young groom has In few years
Of hard work achieved considerable fame -
IN Arctic cruiser In the revenue service OF
the government on the Pacific ocean, and
has just completed his report and maps de-
manded by the government Of his latest
exploration OF the great and hereto.
fore unknown river Of Alaska His
canoe and rifle, which latter proved 10 b the
only means for gaining subsistence for 20
days or more-are now to be found In the
Smithsonian institute, Washington, D. C.,
along with ua:y fne specimens Of ornithol.
ogy and geology, which were got BY him
from cliffs that the eye Of man had In oil
/ probability never seen before This young
l man, . cousin OF our young townsman, Mr..
James L. McLenegan, II an engineer In the
service, and on his wedding trip hes leave Of
absence for thirty days and persuaded hii
father to accompany himself and bride tc
l Honolulu, Sand wich Islands, for short visit
| 1t may also crafty some Of the jor's friendi
| In Reading and Lancaster 70 learn that hiI
eldest SOD, Charles Edward McLenegsn, I
/ graduate of Racine college and afterwards
tutor Of mathematics In that institution, hs
been unanimously selected and appointet
professor Of English literature in the Nil
/ Waukee high school and has entered upon th
duties Of that position.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-16
BIDS for Removing the Tower.

The county commissioners opened bids to-
day for tho removal Of the prison tower
which has been pronounced unsafe The
bidden were: John A. Burger, H2S
Thomas G. Wiley, $3.50; George Ernst IT,,
e2,6s IS; Mclaughlin & Geeell, 600 Hugh
Keogh, 81, 500; H. G. Druekap.dnler Co.,
Sl,325 Capt E. McMelIss, d, ,7g; John Gill
& Co, $500: Ioun Stauffer, 81, 1880; J. H.
KnAns~ $3.50 25; Lyte, Kreckel & Urban,
el,sO0
The contract was awarded to Mr.. Wiley
the lowest bidder. As will be ssen by thu
above listth bids ranged from $3.50 TO q, ,2s7
In all there were eleven bids, making th,
average Sl7OO.
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Lincoln Notes.

LINCOLN, March l6.-A jug-bresking
eatsstainmsnt under the auspices Of the
Evangelical Sunday school viii be held In the
Evangelical church at this place, on Saturday
oveuing, April "a, 1887. The exercises will
oouaist of music, both vocal and instru mental !;
ecosisting OF solos, Duets and qusrtsttes, re-
citations and addresses In English and Ger.
man language
Rev. J. e. Hornberger, P. E., and Rev. J.
~. Woehrle were In town on Monday
NlGlt1ng friends, among them your CORES.
spondsnt
Rev. q J. Hacker, Of shamokin, was in
!, 1oUn lest week.
e 2ev. J. w. Woehrle will preach his intro
Z nuoloGy sermon In the Evangelical church
- Sunday st 10 q M, in the German Ian
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Lectures ct AaountvilIs.

Col. J. T. Long, the Kentucky orator, will
lecture in the interests Of the Temperance
cause in the L. B. church at Mountville, on
this "wednesday evening at 730
Rev. NJ. P. Doyle, Of Otterbein, Q. B.
church, Reading, will deliver his famous leo
ture on est Patrick" in the U. B. church,
on Thursday evening, March II. Rev. Mr..
Doyle comes under the auspices OF the
church.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-16

The sheriff concluded the sale OF the stock
OF Edward J. Zahm, jeweler, on Tuesday
afternoo The amount realized was q, 37s 81.
Oi that amount only $40 was received by
outsiders. The remaining amount being
made up BY purchases by the execution cred
itorA
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OAA tina.

DIRrRIcH On March Is, lSS,. Jefferson Clark.
twin son of Ad z. and kmily Dietrich. aged 5
months and days.
to attend the funeral. Friday afternoon -
O'Clock, at Witner's Bridge lnterment at Lam
caster cemetery. 2tds
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NOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
RARKRTs.
philadelphia Produce Market.

puuApILrHIA, March l6 6-tlour market 'eahy:
Aes 500 oarcs:, A.-.ssotA p.s-rs. 6gt 50 ;
PennsylvAnia Family. 8 s. o3 50 Western do,
q O0t5); Patents. - 6!hG5 Is.
Bye dour quiet, 8 70.
Wheat-ANtch, s9Ac; April. SEC; May,
9Oc June. 9Oxc.
Corn. March, asc.; April. tskc.; May. te].c.
June <Sxc.
Oat.IArch. sss.c; April. s;s.c.; May. SIC
june, 37Ac.
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A Gar Cas On.

This morning passenger coach ON the 2:20
train east was taken of and run on tho sid.
Ing under the Duke street bridge aftsr the
passengers had been transferred. II was
owing to break In the truck, which was dis.
covered In good time
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-16

Samuel Fox bid $23l for the rental OF the
market house on West King street yesterday
and to him 1t was given by the market com.
mittee, a. he WAS the only bidder.
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a Mig shooting Match.

3hAgo Was quite shooting tournament at
~ Three Nile house, near Reading, yester.
". 0pogtsmen from New York and other
11n were present The frst match was at
~ hlsds sach. 26 yards rise and s6 entrance
.XAMo were twelve entries and Quimby, Of
ow York, and Ulmer, OF Reading, each
k1lo1 THAR hve birds. dividing the first prize
0ooa Jake Hill killed three birds out OF
nyA An the second match, which was at ten
!. h1udA - yards yiss and entrance fee OF SlO,
3honnas J. Eby, Of Kingston, Pa, killed his
- slraight birdA He took s55, the nrst
naney, end Jake Hill who killed nine ont
4 ~ oot second money amounting 70 "a rs
z ~ money We divided between three
I D11n Who killed eight birds each.
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-Four Lucky Psnsionsrs.

Pensions have been allowed the following
during the past week: John q. Rhoads, alias
John Moon, Nj joy Jacob Millsack, this
city, and Samuel L. Carpenter, West Earl
An increase wss given to jacob Feather,
Oregon, this county.
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Fire Destroys . Factory

CANAJoHARIE, n. v, March l6.-This
morning the Reed manufacturing company's
sctory here was totally destroyed by tire.
Loss sc, 900 only partly insured.
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Dorcas Consrihutiona

The following scknoW Judgments are made
by the Union Dorcas society: Caah, d; .
friend, through MIRA Kerioot 81; Q friend, %;
fiour and clothing from friend.
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! - 0osring aeountsyman, with team,
rn1oa6tng LOT Of tobacco st the were
~ - Dsniol Mayer o. Chestnut street
- ~ hoesss ffightsned The result was
~ uan vs. thrown from ths wagon.
oo1 vlth Ssu slight hsuiseA Thc
eno1 ~ tonSpe broken a. bs1oss u
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~ n1nsA 1A-Akhouon sne
kWgu16e ~ ouGDene pefpo
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~ ~ thh foW Of noucoe enc
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- foule4 soe Ma yone Fain~
01noeo0ooaee y building tnfes
- IouSeA seseet between CneI.y
49, - xnnk 1nilioW' w0A sn
- = ~ neW Epleoopal cnufcn, on
eDoe6 The A0 have Den Pus On
n4VUk g paasoering Ne interior OF ~
IN eemmonco n Sew oaya
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-16

QlIoAeo, March l6 P:3O q m.-Mark ct opened.
Nhsst- narch. 7okc April. 7sXc Nay, 6iMc.
Cora:..asrch. aks; April. sixc; May. ssXe.
Osts-1sy. $40; June, aexc.
Pork-ASy and June, 90 90
IayA-Aay, 81 b7k June, a 09k.
6Aogt kibs-Asy. y l7X June. esq.,
Wnsst.nareh. 7eke April. 7tke; Nay. size.
Oos.@asreh. st'zc' APRIL axe, NAY. sske.,
Oaas:asssh. DXe, April. ssxe, Nay. 80.
t0S-6assh 60 y Aay. % u, Juas. - q
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POLITICAL
NOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

SIMON l.. BRANDT tFarmerl.
OF East Donegal township Subject to the de-.
cision of the Demot ratio County Convention.
Your influence respect ully solicited.
ml2 tfoAW
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30


"Whcn 90 you sail, captains" Cuericd
Deputy Shipping Commissioner Ferris Of
the master Of a Maine schooner
Guess I'll get OFF on Friday" he
replied.
TO the superstitious land lubbcr Of a re-
porter present this appeared Ike an I'M
orthodox statement, $50 be asked Deputy
Ferris, himself an old sailor for many
years, If modern scamcn had entirely re-
covered from their old scare OF setting
sail on Friday. The reporter broke into
the first stanZa Of the old sea song:
Twas Friday night when we seq sail,
And twas not very far from tae lall
When Tic captain suiol jolly mermaid,
with O comb and glass .l her hand.
"Well," responded Ferris, u can't
say that the superstition is entirely gone
from seafarng men, but the great major
ity Of both sailing masters and crews
don't pay the slightest attention % that
dag, so ominous to tradition. When
they're ready with a .oad they ~ 40 the
most favorable wind 'r ay or Ho Friday,
but We do meet win sailors now
and then who coulln be induced
to leave port on Friday, just as
you s,iil run across thousands OF
l2udsmcn who never undertake any af-
fair Of Importance on that day Most OF
these sailors hail from nations like Sweden,
Denmark and Germany, where old super
st!t.ous have stil strong bold on the
people: but American tars DON'T mind
them at al. New York Evening sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30
a remarkable Accidcnr.

Talking about railroad accidents. " re.
marked an old railroad man in CONVERSE
ton about the Chatsworth horror, "the
most remarkable one | ever knew of-and
I've been running on the road now for
nearly thirty years-was in Kansas on
the Kansas Pacific, not far from Fort
Wallace, where train Of ears, including
the engine, were blown into the bed of n
dry creek and never found That is, the
engine and some of the cars never were
The engineer and fireman were both lost
The train was a freight, and that's why
there were no passengers 20 be killed. At
the time Of the Tay bridge disaster in
Scotland the train, which was blown from
the bridge or went through the bridge
whichever il was, was never found be,
cause the water and mud were deep and
swallowed up the engine, while the
coaches probably went out 10 sea with the
tide. But there was no tide in that Kan
SIS dry branch. The quicksand just swat
lowed everything. Chicago Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30
Tn a Chicago Charitable Institution.

Here however, ID the history ~ q
woman who Lad a0lnGti1ng us hope
1t was not 'gumptm -'chce rs UgtI
too brusque Il term to apply 10 such
subtle quality She found her way into q
charitable institution Of this city the
other day, anA, SMUGGLING mp % tho mn
iron, addressed her thus: ~ hope your in
stituton is not on the dormitory plan,
madam. | think sensitive person nat
urally shrinks from such an institutions;
don't you? Really, / don't know how
could bring myself 20 sleep in the room
with others. | don't mind hardships.
Simple fare and plain bed will not dis
tress me. But every lady must insist on
privacy / like 20 be with my own
thoughts. | should deem also that your
charity was remedial and not eX-
pcdicnt. In my opinion such are
much worthier. have attended
a good many lcctues which had chart
ties for their subject and have considered
the most popular methods. | should con-
lecture that you must meet with great
many disagreeable people in your very dis
interested work. II must be a great com
pcnsation if you now and then meet per-
son who is intellectually conCenial. am
sure | shall enjoy my little rest very much
here Some Of my friends thought il best
that / should take little rest before be-
ginning my winter labors 1t is between
haryosts with me now, az it were. / teach
classical music, either vocal or instru-
mental, can DO fine hand sewing, or act
rs rudimcntary goyorncss. Now / should
esteem il a favor ii ! could have a room
TO myself
The matron settled her white cap over
her white orimps
Madame said she, 81 slept last night
with three babies with scroful0us heads,
because TO one else would sleep with
them. The rest Of the rooms are in the
dormitory. VIII You permit me to give
up my bed-and the babies-to yol, or
will You sleep in the dormitory:'
II is ''coajeciurcd" that she went on in
search Of other charities not on tie "dOr-
mitory plan. Chicago News.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30

muse upon English life rs IL was and Il,
in its broadcast phases, from this pretty
arbor where the well Is.
Gan this is beautiful but II is aimless, ~
said the mistress To me, speaking Of these
wonderful sights and their romantic and
dramatic history. sometimes | hardly
know whether it is real or dream, it is
so different from anything you know Of
in America; yet | have grown very fond
Of this delightful country and these pleas
ant customs. IL is thirteen years since |
came 10 England To live, but time has
passed SO swiftly that it does not seem so
long Naturally | think great deal
about the United States, for all my family
are there, and no matter what changes
one makes in life, thoughts OF our native
land Will frequently crowd into our reflec-
tions. My recollections Of my early
home in America are very dear to me- but
yet the responsibilities of later life bring
their reward rs well. Ny girlhood life
was delightful, and every one IN America
was exceedingly kind To me. | think |
inherited my fathers dislike for politics,
for, although | went into the White
House girl, | never took any interest in
political conditions, and have followed
the same rule since have been in Eng
land.
II do not recall many OF the ladies who
were leaders in Washington society when
my father was president, for | was too
young TO know them intimately, and girl
associates of my own age were not numer-
Gus. How wonderfully things have
changed since those days
"But these are reflections in which |
ought not TO indulge | have new respon-
sibilities in these new days. You spoke
about the condition Of women in England
1t is somewhat different here than il
America; but you must remember the L.
dies assume more self reliance here than
American women know. They are rcso-
Lutte. full Of good health are fond Of exer-
else and take 10 the sports Of the field
with the men. They do not expect the
attention which American women demand;
yet think English ladies are treated with
courtesy as real and substantial as the wo-
men Of any other country. There may not be
quite so much obsequiOus courtesy shown
them but in those elements Of association
which really tend To make up ones hap
piness there is as much attention paid
women in England rs anywhere in the
world IL is IN Old country and its Gus
toms are well established, There is not
the 1.-THE Of ceremony that most people
think. and there is a great deal 81 COM
mend in what American women find
strange at first, bat would very soon fall
into. Frank a. Burr's Letter III New
York W OEld
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30
A Sign for Professions, A4ondioants.

''Since I put that UNI sail down
town business man, pointing 10 a sign in
his Office, "the beggars hive fallen OF 90
per cent. | don't have ten applicants
where used 10 have 100"
The placard in question had no unEind
reference 10 bulldog, OF even 10 the
police, but announced that all applicants
for aid would 10 referred 90 the down
town relief bureau, where, if worthy
they would he assisted. The bureau is u
terror to the ''rounders,n who never
work rs long as they can find credulous
and charitable person to drink in any in
genious tale OF woe. The machinery Of
the society for the detection Of imposturo
proves too much for them, and where
they see its placards they now retire with
disgust. There are from 800 10 1000 Of
these notices distributed i'm down town
Offices and the statement of this business
man is confirmed by the experience of
other subscribers TO the bureau. Albert
G. liebbord superintendent Of the bureau,
also says that Of those who apply TO sub
scribers and receive tickets about half
fail TO present them mt the bureau.
The first thing which Superintendent
Hcbberd does after taking an applicants
story, address and references, is 10 give n
ticket for n nights lodging and three
meals, either at the mems lodging house
or the Womcn's home, so that the appli-
cant is cared for for one day while the in
vestigatiOn Is going on. The consequences
of detection To IN impostor are serious,
and likely 20 include a term on the island
for yagrancy. \ report OF all fraudulent
cases is made TO the Charity Organization
society, which acts rs a clearing house for
all the charity organizations in New York.
1t reports the frauds detected by one as
ISOLATION To all the others and supports y
police agent who deyotes his time to ar
resting ana bringing such offenders TO
punishment. The society publishes a
monthly bulletin of frauds, and the last
number contained the names Of twenty
four professional beggars and OF seventy
four fraudulent charitable institutions in
the city whose agents solicit funds. As
there are 1000 copies Of these bulletins
circulated among the ministers, churches
and charitable workers of the city, it be
comes comparatively easy TO ascertain the
merit Of any applicant for relief-New
York Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30
Abslnthc in Light Opera.

"In Cincinnati | took to drinking ali
sinthe TO steady my nerves, which had
been all unstrung by cigarettes. - said a
serio-comic you don't inhalc the
smoke, do your No Sensible boy But
| was a cigarette ficnd and had 10 brace
up on absinthe. Ever drink The stuff?
Mo- Don't then. except a dash in a
morning cocktail Well, ! was drinking
it straight or on lump SUGAR till one night
when | found myself ont on the stage
making such work as this Of one of ny
pretticst songs:
Oh, tho little birds were singing In the cellar
And the moon was sitting on the SUM-
Il never got so much applause in my
life. And ! did't know why until after
the stage manager had dragged me off
and sohcrcd ue up. buffalo Express.
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Tho Nntcd Nnroilst.

Miss Braddon is tall end broad shoulder
ed, but not stout, her constant horseback
exercise keeping down any excess Of It's
sue; she has pleasant features, li-ht brown
eyes, hair without much trace of cray
and dresses handsomely, sometimes wear
Ing very beautiful observation-disclosures
City Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30

The Importance Of soft watcr Tor Go
nestle purposes IS illustrated ly thc cx-
pcricucc oi % large London asylum, in
which change from hard % soft water
has resulted ia en- estimated annual saw
ing JIM Soda soap, labor etc. az more than
$4,000 -ArEansaw Traveller.
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4 Fatal Admission.

The san francisco Bulletin thinks Van
Phou Lee makes a fatal admission when
he says that The Chinese immigrants rely
mainly upon the Chinese companies for
aid, which really amounts 10 assisted i'm
migration and contract labor.
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a Great Debt 10 Science.

The immense practical value Of me-
teoroloEy has been strikiaely shown at
Calcutta. The director Of the BENGAL me
neurological department became aware of
the existence Of q terrible storm in the
bay Of BENGAL five or six days before it
reached the land, and gave timely danger
signals To keep vessels from leaving the
river 40 Calcutta. One steamer failed to
heed tho warning, and founderod, with q
loss Of about 800 lives. Among six or
seven vessels kept safely in port were two
steamers bound over The same course as
the lost vessel, and with about an equal
number Of passengers. whose escape from
death was undoubtedly duo 20 the Wis
dom OF the weather forccastcrs.- Arkan-
saw Trnyeler
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The RECORD Is ore OF the best mediums for
advertisers i'm GrauOt County, being n welcome
visitor 10 nearly cvci y home i'm this part of the
county and towns adjoining, hut TO insure in
be handed in not later than Wednesday noon.
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Tribes of Terriers.

To many 10 viii be a novelty 70 flud chat
Wales and Ireland both produce q dis
tinct race Of terriers which present, how
ever, no striking points Of difference with
the wiry Scotch. And Of the terriers
formerly known rs Scotch, "A more critical
aCc has established sundry classes which
hail from this side Of the border There
is the Bcdlington, for instance, which re-
sembles the DaEdic much a. lis North
umhrian master resembles a Scot; ana the
Yorkshire terrier, with long, silky coat, a
favOrite companion Of the yOuth5 and
maidens Of the earlier years of the present
reign, and then often loosely termed q
"Skye." II is this kind Of small. long
haired dog whether Yorkshire or "Skye.
that is flercely apostrophizcd by Curtius,
in whose days il seems % have been n
novelty. 'Iseland dcgges, curlcd and
rough all over, showing neither face nor
body, a begcarly beast, brought out Of
barbarous bordcrs.n
Delightful are the Dandic D.nmonts,
ailectOnate, intelligent and COURAGEOUS
the Peppers especially, Tic Mustard va
ricty seems TO want 1lavor--happy. too, in
their association with Sir Walter Scott 5
finest touches The Skyes. too. will ~
ways claim respect, although fallen out Of
fashion The breed, by the way, still cS-
lists upon the Island Of lSkyc; but finer
specimens are in the hands OF the f8uciers.
Then there are Clydesdale terriers, with
the general features Of the generic Scotch,
and the inevitable black and tan, some
times called English but which seems to
belong exclusively 10 no particular cline
or realm. The SchipperEes, Familiarity
called Skips, are, perhaps, the latest de
yclopment Of the terrier fancy, and these
hail from Belgium; but Of their origin 10
man knows All the Year Round.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30

There are twenty morning and ten even.
Ing papers published in New York.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30
TO CORRESPONDENTS

We cannot notice anonymous communities
ions In all cases require the writer's name
aud address, not for publication. hut as
guarantee of good faith. And correspondents
should write upon one side of their sheet only